[Cooker] Installation of Bootloader failed.
This was on a Sony VAIO PCG-Z505SX Performing a network install (FTP) USB Floppy. This was next step after Add a user. I chose MBR. For some reason, the floppy disk spun up when it went to write the MBR to the hard drive then this message appeared :p part_nowrite: read:: Input/output error Next Clicking OK takes me back to the "Where do you want to install the bootloader?" prompt. If I keep selecting "MBR" the same cycle repeats. To get out of the cycle I choose skip. Then went to the Bootloader main options screen. >From here also, I get the same message when trying to install the MBR to /dev/hda. -Joe Baker
Re: [Cooker] Portage for Mandrake?
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 07:11, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 08 August 2003 13:44, Joe Baker wrote: > > Two and a half years ago I was enchanted with Mandrake Linux. The > > release cycles were much faster and more bold at using the latest > > versions of the applications that people wanted at the time. She > > was feature rich and still leads the pack in the installation > > many categories. I'm always pleasantly delighted that I can design > > and implement such a complicated filesystem layout including > > elements of the Logical Volume Manager, Raid and my choice of all > > the big file systems that are out there today - Right from the > > installer menu! > > > > My point is this... I want Mandrake to offer Portage for access to the > > latest application compiling. > > > > Portage is being made available for Mac's OS X, and the Cygwin project > > on Windows. > > > > Portage is one of the best development tools to come along under the > > GPL banner. Even BSD "Ports" fans are envious of Portage. > > Well, this probabaly isn't the best time to bring this up with all > > the intense debugging going on and the agressive deadlines that > > you're trying to make. But it is food for thought about the future. > > This integration would set Mandrake apart from all the other distros > > in an amazing way. > > > > Food for thought. > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Joe Baker > > President, Digital Communications Research, Inc. > This subjet has been discussed several times earlier, and we've always come to > the conclusion that it's really not worth it, it doesn't really provide any > real advantage in performance and introduces alot of bugs, headaches etcetc.. Maybe my attraction to Gentoo is because of my ignorance of how to develop for RPM. I guess you can use source rpm files and use the --rebuild option and specify the options that you want passed into the compile. > > browse the archives and you'll find several threads on this.. > anyways, why being so obsessed by the *latest* from cvs, latest devel version > etcetc., cooker is usually quite up to date on most areas, and you'd rather > want something that's tested and actually works, don't you? > If I wanted something already tested for me, I would not be here testing the Mandrake Betas. I like to help with testing code. I have a gift for troubleshooting and patience that I can give back to the community. The quicker we can put the latest code in front of people like me, the quicker open source projects can evolve. Hey maybe all I need is a lesson in how to create source rpms. But I tend to believe that the ebuilds in portage are the most efficient way out there. I've seen many developers whom I greatly respect flock to the Gentoo community to provide assistance in doing ebuilds and squashing bugs. Headaches, yes, but they seem to get satisfaction from it in some way because as end users with portage, we can easily test the very latest code before a packager has time to make a package for it. -Joe Baker
Re: [Cooker] DrakeConf missing from Install
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 11:10, Larry Nguyen wrote: > On Thursday 07 August 2003 10:18 am, Joe Baker wrote: > > Mdk 9.2 beta 2 > > Installed and DrakeConf was missing. > > I was able to urpmi drakerpm to get a gui package manager. > > > > -Joe Baker > > You mean drakconf? That's odd. I installed it last nite from ISOs, drakconf is > there. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rhs]# whereis drakconf > drakconf: /usr/bin/drakconf /usr/sbin/drakconf.real /usr/sbin/drakconf > > -Larry > Mine was a network ftp install. I had downloaded the ISO images and made symbolic links into the loopback mount of the ISO images... You can check out my ftp directory here: ftp://dcresearch.com/pub/Mandrake9.2beta2/i586 -Joe Baker
[Cooker] USB Microtec Scanner Crashes System
Mandrake 9.2 beta2 model number: v6usl Using XSane I can acquire a preview, but when I try to acquire a real image, the scanner either freezes about 3/4 way down the page the application asking for the scan freezes up and then I see my keyboard lights flash, and then the whole system locks up. -Joe Baker
Re: [Cooker] Installation of Bootloader failed.
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 12:29, Joe Baker wrote: > Mandrake 9.2 beta2 is the OS. > I recently tried booting into rescue mode on the laptop > to see if I could salvage the installation of Mandrake9.2 beta 2. > When I try to execute lilo, I get this error in dmesg: > > attempt to access beyond end of device > 03:01: rw=0, want=4, (=0x4), limit=1 > > > I'm guessing this is a problem with lilo or the kernel? > > -Joe Baker > > On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:39, Joe Baker wrote: > > This was on a Sony VAIO PCG-Z505SX > > > > Performing a network install (FTP) > > USB Floppy. > > This was next step after Add a user. > > I chose MBR. > > For some reason, the floppy disk spun up > > when it went to write the MBR to the hard drive > > then this message appeared > > > > :p part_nowrite: read:: Input/output error > > > > Next Clicking OK takes me back to the > > "Where do you want to install the bootloader?" prompt. > > > > If I keep selecting "MBR" the same cycle repeats. > > > > To get out of the cycle I choose skip. > > Then went to the Bootloader main options screen. > > > > >From here also, I get the same message when trying > > to install the MBR to /dev/hda. > > -Joe Baker I managed to get the GRUB boot loader installed! This problem may well have been a problem with the Sony Vaio's built in Memory Stick Reader interface. I had this device turned on and it was showing up ad a corrupted partition on hdc (when I had no hdc drive). Ideally, it would be great to get support for the memory stick on the Vaio, but I know they havn't always been so cooperative with Open Source developers. For now I will just disable the memory stick reader. I'm thinking that this issue can be closed. -Joe Baker
[Cooker] Portage for Mandrake?
Two and a half years ago I was enchanted with Mandrake Linux. The release cycles were much faster and more bold at using the latest versions of the applications that people wanted at the time. She was feature rich and still leads the pack in the installation many categories. I'm always pleasantly delighted that I can design and implement such a complicated filesystem layout including elements of the Logical Volume Manager, Raid and my choice of all the big file systems that are out there today - Right from the installer menu! My point is this... I want Mandrake to offer Portage for access to the latest application compiling. Portage is being made available for Mac's OS X, and the Cygwin project on Windows. Portage is one of the best development tools to come along under the GPL banner. Even BSD "Ports" fans are envious of Portage. Well, this probabaly isn't the best time to bring this up with all the intense debugging going on and the agressive deadlines that you're trying to make. But it is food for thought about the future. This integration would set Mandrake apart from all the other distros in an amazing way. Food for thought. Best Regards, Joe Baker President, Digital Communications Research, Inc.
[Fwd: Re: [Cooker] USB Microtec Scanner Crashes System]
The USB chipset on the motherboard is VIA and it appears that one of the chipsets on the VIA motherboard is 2.0 and that there may also be an older VIA usb 1.x style chipset as well. For what it's worth, the scanner is plugged into the back of the motherboard where the onboard plugs are. It's a Microtek v6usl scanner http://www.muc.de/~bernds/mtek2/doc/sane-microtek2-supptable-doc.html This page seems to indicate that my scanner isn't supported by the USB drivers, but is supported by the SCSI support (the scanner has both.) I have s SCSI card and cable around somewhere I'll try to get it installed that way unless you have something else you'd like me to try. It was amazing how badly my home directory got munged when I tried to get the scanner going under Mandrake 9.1 through USB. -Joe Baker > > > > Using XSane I can acquire a preview, > > but when I try to acquire a real image, > > the scanner either freezes about 3/4 way down the page > > the application asking for the scan freezes up and then > > I see my keyboard lights flash, and then the whole system > > locks up. > > > > -Joe Baker > > > > > > > >
Re: [Cooker] Laptop suspend doesn't work
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 18:55, Joe Baker wrote: > Had problems getting my laptop to suspend with > Mandrake 9.2 beta 1 > > -Joe Baker Mandrake 9.2 beta 2 Suspend is working! -- But... While I appreciate how before suspending the unit switches to the text counsel screen, then powers down. This seems like the safest way to perform this task. What seems to be broken now is that the XScreenSaver 4.11 tries to check the user's password on resume and never seems to finish checking... I can go to a counsel window and login there, find the screensaver process and kill it and I'm back to my desktop. Now if I do this from a _ KDE _ session the password request comes up I type in my password and it lets me back into my desktop session. Again this is on a Sony Vaio PCG-Z505SX laptop (one of the early thin ones). -Joe Baker
[Cooker] GDM Session Directory Missing
I switched to GDM as suggested, but it complained that the "Session Directory was Missing" I'm guessing this directory where commands like startkde would reside. So, logging in landed me in the failsafe environment instead of KDE where I wanted to be. Running Mandrake 9.2 beta2 on Desktop Machine. -Joe Baker President, Digital Communications Research, Inc.
[Cooker] Passwords Not in /etc/shadow
I recieved messages from msec this morning that user account passwords were not in /etc/shadow. The encrypted version of the passwords are being put in /etc/passwd. I'm sure this is un-intentional. -Joe Baker Digital Communications Research, Inc.
Re: [Cooker] Flash plugin
I went to Macromedia's page and tried to install their flash plugin and it didn't work with Mozillia1.4-2mdk. Macromedia's install said that a failed dependancy was missing of libXm.so.2 I solved the dependancy issue by doing a urpmi libXm.so.2 from the beta2 cd. -Joe Baker On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 11:24, Edward Tandi wrote: > Does anyone have the flash plugin working? > > I get the following error: > > error: Failed dependencies: > libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is needed by flash-plugin-6.0.79-1 > > Is libc6 still supported? > > Ed-T. > > >
Re: [Cooker] Installation of Bootloader failed.
Mandrake 9.2 beta2 is the OS. I recently tried booting into rescue mode on the laptop to see if I could salvage the installation of Mandrake9.2 beta 2. When I try to execute lilo, I get this error in dmesg: attempt to access beyond end of device 03:01: rw=0, want=4, (=0x4), limit=1 I'm guessing this is a problem with lilo or the kernel? -Joe Baker On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:39, Joe Baker wrote: > This was on a Sony VAIO PCG-Z505SX > > Performing a network install (FTP) > USB Floppy. > This was next step after Add a user. > I chose MBR. > For some reason, the floppy disk spun up > when it went to write the MBR to the hard drive > then this message appeared > > :p part_nowrite: read:: Input/output error > > Next Clicking OK takes me back to the > "Where do you want to install the bootloader?" prompt. > > If I keep selecting "MBR" the same cycle repeats. > > To get out of the cycle I choose skip. > Then went to the Bootloader main options screen. > > >From here also, I get the same message when trying > to install the MBR to /dev/hda. > -Joe Baker >
[Cooker] DrakeConf missing from Install
Mdk 9.2 beta 2 Installed and DrakeConf was missing. I was able to urpmi drakerpm to get a gui package manager. -Joe Baker
Re: [Cooker] Installation of Bootloader failed.
On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 11:12, Buchan Milne wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Joe Baker wrote: > > This was on a Sony VAIO PCG-Z505SX > > > > Performing a network install (FTP) > > USB Floppy. > > This was next step after Add a user. > > I chose MBR. > > For some reason, the floppy disk spun up > > when it went to write the MBR to the hard drive > > then this message appeared > > > > :p part_nowrite: read:: Input/output error > > > > Next Clicking OK takes me back to the > > "Where do you want to install the bootloader?" prompt. > > > > If I keep selecting "MBR" the same cycle repeats. > > > > To get out of the cycle I choose skip. > > Then went to the Bootloader main options screen. > > > >>From here also, I get the same message when trying > > to install the MBR to /dev/hda. > > -Joe Baker > > > > > > > > Would you mind telling us which version you are using ??? Beta1? Beta2? > Cooker? 9.1? > > - -- > |--Another happy Mandrake Club member--| > Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work+27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/MnpbrJK6UGDSBKcRAvuZAJ4sJDiDEDsk78AvrmxzgXmKrCu6KgCfeCkp > 6oj07r5Gosh5Da4SbtgTx8I= > =REl8 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > Oh, so sorry. Version is: Mandrake 9.2.beta2 Thanks
[Cooker] Re: Passwords Not in /etc/shadow
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 07:25, Joe Baker wrote: > I recieved messages from msec this morning that > user account passwords were not in /etc/shadow. > The encrypted version of the passwords are being > put in /etc/passwd. Sorry, forgot to add this was Mandrake 9.2 beta2 I've confirmed it on two different installations. -Joe Baker Digital Communications Research, Inc.
[Cooker] What's the installer package called?
The installer didn't include drakeconf in the system with a fresh install. I'm sure I had checked "configuration tools" as one of the groups to be included. But I might have mistaken it for the scientific tools which is usually the only group I don't check during an install. What is the installer package called so I can file a proper bug report. -Joe Baker
Re: [Cooker] dm - prefer kdm or gdm
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 21:01, Gary L. Greene wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 01 August 2003 09:34 pm, Joe Baker wrote: > > Can we switch to using gdm. > > > > I don't like seeing all the user's names on the > > login screen. For installations where there are allot > > of users this could be cumbersome. > > > > -Joe Baker > > GDM doesn't integrate well with KDE. KDM does a far better job of being > desktop integration friendly (you click reboot or shutdown under KDE or > gnome, it'll happily do so, while GDM seems not to allow that.) If you > don't like seeing all the users, open kcontrol and edit the login manager > settings. > > - -- > Gary L. Greene, Jr. > Sent from 9:57pm up 9:24, 4 users, load average: 1.25, 1.03, 0.82 My frustration with KDM is trying to get it to answer XDMCP requests. It's quite interesting that on my main Mandrake box, the Mandrake mdkdm answers localhost logins and I've configured gdm to handle XDMCP requests. Thanks for pointing out the configuration options for the login manager in the configuration panel for KDE. That certainly helps allot. -Joe Baker
[Cooker] Will Open Office 1.1 be shipped with Mandrake 9.2?
I noticed that Open Office 1.0.3 is installed in Mandrake 9.2 beta 1. If we are to shy away from 1.1 at lease 1.0.3.1 should be used. -Joe Baker
[Cooker] dm - prefer kdm or gdm
Can we switch to using gdm. I don't like seeing all the user's names on the login screen. For installations where there are allot of users this could be cumbersome. -Joe Baker
[Cooker] Laptop suspend doesn't work
Had problems getting my laptop to suspend with Mandrake 9.2 beta 1 -Joe Baker
[Cooker] rpmdrake ftp url problem
Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 I installed from a network install (ftp) When going into rpmdrake I found that I could not activate the checkboxes of packages to install with the mouse, but if I first focused on the package I wanted then hit the space bar, I could in this way check the box. After hitting the "install" button, I got a "Problem during Installation" dialog box which listed... unable to install package: ftp://10.0.0.93//pub/Mandkrake9.2beta1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/php-ini-4.3.2-2mdk.noarch.rpm and about 20 other packages listed as well. Notice the double slash after the IP address. I'm guessing that the installation source was saved or parsed incorrectly from the original installation. Sure enough! /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg has the urls for the installation CDs with the double slash after the ip addresses. After fixing these ftp locations by hand the installation went well. -Joe Baker
[Cooker] Unknown device Sony Firewire controller
Under detected hardware in the control center, I find: Unknown/Others CXD1947Q i.LINK Controller Vendor: Sony Corporation Bus: PCI Bus Identification: 104d:8009:104d:8054 Location on the bus: 0:9:0 Description: CXD1947Q i.LINK Controller Module: unknown Media class: SERIAL_FIREWIRE The laptop this is on is a Sony VAIO PGC-Z505SX There is also a Memory Stick Reader built in which causes horrible problems when enabled in the bios. It would be neat to get this working. I'll try to see if the system will boot up with the Memory Stick reader enabled to see if it crashes like under older versions of Mandrake. -Joe Baker
Re: [Cooker] an hardware database for cooker
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 09:20, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > Le mar 29/07/2003 à 16:12, Buchan Milne a écrit : > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > - know hardware is, was, can be tested > > > - when poeple used it, with what rpm version > > > - the state: ie should it be re-tested (because somethings has changed) > > > - have identifier or id for pci/usb/firewire. > > > > > > About technical stuff, I was thinking to using postgres (because I use it > > > myself) with php, but poeple at mdk prefer perl (I agree if this strange > > > language can works). Do not troll about thoses choice, all can be changed > > > until nothing is done. > > > > > Yes, the hardware database at > > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/hardware.php3 needs to be more > > community-powered > > > > IMHO, it needs to be done as follows: > > > > 1)First time wizard should run it > > 2)It should show the user a list of the hardware detected (ie from PCI > > bus, USB bus etc) and ask the user to mark which hardware was: > > - -detected > > - -worked out the box > > - -worked with manual config > > - -needed 3rd-party drivers > > - -did not work at all > > If it worked with manual config or 3rd-party drivers, they should be > > asked to give more information. If they marked "did not work at all", > > then they should be given links to the database which will query for > > their PCI id or USB device id, so they can see if someone else has got > > it working. > > 3)All the infromation collected should then be shown to the user, and > > then they should be able to submit it if they are happy with the > > information being transmitted. > > > > It *must* be easy to: > > - -find out if hardware is supported > > - -what extra steps must be taken > > - -document this information for others. > > indeed this could be a killer features for mdk and newbies/newcomer > should be/feel less lost. But i don't know if mdksoft will be able to > dot it and maintain it as dev are very busy and they are few > > This would be nice, there should be information about what modules are used for the device and users should be able to voluntarily list themselves as a user with said equipment so developers can ask them to test patches & functionality. -Joe Baker
[Cooker] urpmi bad signature
Running Urpmi dhcp-server Yeilded: ftp://10.0.0.93/pub/Mandrake9.2beta1/i586/Mandrake/RPMS2/dhcp-server-3.0-2pl2.5mdk.i586.rpm The following packages have bad signatures: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/dhcp-server-3.0-2p12.5mdk.i586.rpm: Invalid signature (sha1 md5 (GPG) (MISSING KEY) GPG#70771ff3 NOT OK) Do you want to continue installation? (y/N) fyi -Joe Baker President, Digital Communications Research, Inc. http://www.dcresearch.com
Re: [Cooker] Network Upgrade 9.0 - 9.2
Greg, I just tried doing a network install from one of the mandrake-devel trees and all the packages sure didn't work together as they did when I started downloading directly from a mirror of the 9.2 iso. I'm working on a solution which involves some symbolic links and loopback mounts of the iso image to provide the necessary directory structure for a network install of the three ISO images. -Joe Baker On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 21:11, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Monday 28 July 2003 06:37 pm, Joe Baker wrote: > > Is there an FTP server that services the Mandrake 9.2 individual > > files verses the whole ISO images? > > > 9.2 right now is called cooker and it is on the mandrake-devel tree of any > mirror.
[Cooker] Network Install Filesystem Layout
How should the files be laid out on the FTP / NFS / HTTP server when preping them for a network install? Given that it's easy to simply use the loopback feature to the ISO images, should we consider allowing a structure of cd1 cd2 & cd3 instead of the way I understand it where you take: Contents of cd1 Then add RPMS2 from 2nd CD and put it under /Mandrake from the first CD and the RPMS3 from the 3rd CD and add it also under /Mandrake from the first CD. I just performed a network install from a sight who graciously provided loopback images of the 9.2b1 install cds and it went about 1/3 of the way through the install and reported... "There was an error installing packages indexhtml-9.1-8mdk.noarch Go on anyway? y/n On the other hand, as someone suggested, I tried downloading straight from a mandrake-devel directory from a mirror which failed miserably indicating at first that it was Mandrake Cooker 9.2, but then many packages including termcap could not be loaded. Adding this ability for the network install to locate the RPMS2 and RPMS3 files in seperate file trees could significantly reduce the job of the mirror maintainers, and provide a way to reduce the disk space requirements for mirroring both ISOs and the file layout. (Maybe the disk space requirements could be handled with some fancy symbolic links) -Joe Baker
[Cooker] Cooker Network Install
While doing a network install from a mandrake-devel cooker i586 sight I had problems installing rmnt, libgdk-pixbuf, termcap, and other packages. I'm guessing that specific versions of these files were no longer available due to upgrades in the packages. This makes it hard to accomplish what I'm trying to do... -Joe
[Cooker] Network Upgrade 9.0 - 9.2
Is there an FTP server that services the Mandrake 9.2 individual files verses the whole ISO images? I found the network install to be broken for version 9.1 with my Sony Vaio pgc-z505sx laptop. I'm getting involved in the cooker stages of 9.2 to make sure the network install works. Unfortunately, I still have Mandrake 9.0 on the laptop in a broken state with XFS as the filesystem. I wanted to try doing a hard drive install, but the hd install didn't support XFS file systems. yuck :( I'll Choose Reiser next time (Hint - keep support for Reiser) Joe Baker President, Digital Communications Research, Inc.
Re: [Cooker] LTSP 4.0 Alpha2 -LTSP Build Environment - Bash won'tcompile
Stew, Here's why LTSP is creating their own build environment: http://www.ltsp.org/lbe-alpha-2.html#why I like the LTSP project and I'm just reporting that I was unable to compile the version of bash that they had settled on under the gcc 3.2.2 that Mandrake has included. I wish I was better at explaining all of this. What James A. McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested to me was that I download and compile gcc 3.2 that they used. I got further along in the compilation process, but I ran into other problems I didn't know how to deal with. LTSP deserves at least a little attention here. Their work is paving the way to quickly and easily extend Linux's reach throughout an enterprise quicker than lightning. Maybe we simply recommend to LTSP that they run a newer version of bash that will compile properly under gcc 3.2.2. They are still in their alpha stage and I'm sure they would welcome the input. It's odd though they are compiling the same version of bash that Mandrake 9.1rc1 already has. (2.0.5b). Hmmm. Well good luck with 9.1's rollout! I'm eager to start distributing copies of the GPL version at a local computer store. -Joe Baker 414-788-8284 On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 06:53, Stew Benedict wrote: > On 1 Mar 2003, Joe Baker wrote: > > > LTSP has created a Build environment for creating applications which run > > natively on the thin clients. > > > > I've tried to compile their build environment on Mandrake 9.1rc1 and it > > fails to compile Bash. > > > > I had to install bison first. > > > > Then the LTSP folks suggested that I try compiling their version of gcc > > 3.2 instead of using 3.2.2 that Mandrake provides. > > > > I guess I'm lost as to what the incompatibilities are there. You're > compiling from source and you needed to install something to do so? > That seems pretty normal to me. An rpm should have had a buildrequires for > the needed tools. > > Are you saying you think we should downgrade gcc for LTSP compatibility? > > Stew Benedict
[Cooker] LTSP 4.0 Alpha2 -LTSP Build Environment - Bash won't compile
LTSP has created a Build environment for creating applications which run natively on the thin clients. I've tried to compile their build environment on Mandrake 9.1rc1 and it fails to compile Bash. I had to install bison first. Then the LTSP folks suggested that I try compiling their version of gcc 3.2 instead of using 3.2.2 that Mandrake provides. Anyway, I really Like LTSP. I think that it's going to make _Huge_ inroads into government agencies. In my opinion, Mandrake is the best free desktop OS out there and I want to ensure that LTSP and Mandrake get along well together. Since LTSP is still considering their code alpha, there's time to iron these incompatibilities out before both of you release your final versions. Thanks for your consideration. Sincerely, Joe Baker President, Digital Communications Research, Inc. P.O. Box 473 Hales Corners, WI 53130 414-788-8284
[Cooker] Firewire Hard Drive Support
Was Re: [Cooker] LVM & Diskdrake & Some RPMS not installing right & no HDLISTS Found I have a spare firewire interface card that I could send you Guillaume, but we'd still need to do something about the firewire hard drives. I have an 80 Gig Firewire drive that has 60 Gigs worth of stuff on it. I would be willing to send this to you if you could preserve the integrity of the data on the drives. It is possible to remove the drive from enclosure and use it as if it were an IDE drive. If I had a spare IDE drive I would simply ghost the data off to another drive. Maybe you could just put another IDE drive into the adaptor. Let me know if I can be of help to Mandrake in supporting Firewire in this or any other way. -Joe Baker On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 05:55, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Joe Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > FIREWIRE... > > Is there a way to support firewire devices durring the installation. > > For low budget large storage arrays I know of no better solution than > > to create an array of Firewire storage devices using the Logical Volume > > Manager. > > I've asked our hardware team to buy/obtain a firewire adapter and > extension some time ago, in order to have preliminary > support/detection during install, but we still have nothing by > hands, so adding support is kinda hard. > > Also, the support in the linux kernel is still young, for example > there is not yet any really efficient way to detect peripherals > (it's inferior to pci and usb detection since the driver report > only to syslog what's plugged when the driver is included in the > kernel, there is no /proc interface to read detection > information). > > > Here's a link that talks about supporting firewire storage on Mandrake. > > http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1501&lang=en > > I envision having multiple firewire cards with up to 63 hard drives > > interfaced per card. Also striping data across interfaces to increase > > IO performance. > > > -- > Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/ -- Joe Baker Systems Administrator Wauwatosa Police Department 414-471-8430 x 106 Office 414-237-9211 Pager 414-788-8284 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text Messaging
[Cooker] LVM & Diskdrake & Some RPMS not installing right & no HDLISTS Found
Trying out Mandrake 8.2 beta 3 I had some irregularities happen while doing custom partitioning. I was delighted to see LVM support in the Expert section of DiskDrake. I was sad to not be able to mount / into a partition inside a logical volume. I created a logical volume and then tried creating 2 RAID 5 partions inside the Logical Volume and a third RAID 5 partition outside the LV all partitions and logical volumes being on the same hard drive. This seemed to confuse things royally. I had a great deal of difficulty deleting the partitions created within the logical volume. I ran into division by zero errors when doing so. A key to successfull Logical Volume work seems to be rebooting after committing major changes to the partition table (such as after creating new logical volumes.) I was eventually able to delete the partitions and the logical volume itself after a reboot. FIREWIRE... Is there a way to support firewire devices durring the installation. For low budget large storage arrays I know of no better solution than to create an array of Firewire storage devices using the Logical Volume Manager. Here's a link that talks about supporting firewire storage on Mandrake. http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1501&lang=en I envision having multiple firewire cards with up to 63 hard drives interfaced per card. Also striping data across interfaces to increase IO performance. Also some RPMs that I flaged for inclusion in the install didn't work for some reason. I received messages saying they could not be installed continue Y/N. The packages I can remember were: zip snort snort-scarf WindowMaker Python-docs Quanta Sawfish-themes Screem vnc-doc xmms-skins xpdf xtraceroute Now after the RPMS were installed it reported that some of the packages were not installed. Clicked OK. A Message came up saying "No HDLISTS FOUND". After this point it sent me back to the Partitioning section. Logical Volume Management is _REALLY_ important to businesses. Just as important as Journaling filesystems are. Logical volume Managers allow you to "snapshot" your filesystem in time so you can backup your filesystems exactly as they were when you took the snapshot. And while the backup is going you can continue to modify databases for example without worrying about the backup becomming inconsistant. All that's required is to stop transactions on the databases for a moment whiles you take the snapshot. The other really cool feature about LVM is that it allows you to modify virtual partitions which span multiple physical disks on the fly. I hope that my observations are helpful here. Sincerly, Joe Baker Systems Administrator Wauwatosa Police Department 414-471-8430 x 106 Office 414-237-9211 Pager 414-788-8284 Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Text Messaging
[Cooker] XFree86-4.0.1-6mdk
I'm experiencing a problem with VMWare with XFree86-4.0.1-6mdk vmware: error in loading shared libraries: libXpm.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Is there a symbolic Joe Baker - Digital Communications Research, Inc. www.dcresearch.com 414-427-6140 Office / Cell 707-313-0165 Fax
Re: [Cooker] updating kernel through rpms
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Amien Salie wrote: > Peace > > I am happy to report that my kernel upgrade 2.2.15 to 2.2.16 went smoothly. > Everything seems to work as before, including sound. > All i did was download the rpms and installed it with kpackage. > > I was wondering if I did something wrong to get it working right :) > > > -- > Amien Salie > No Fate But What You Make ... > Registered Linux User #76190. > register @ http://counter.li.org/ Perhaps you weren't using the Reiser File System? Upgrading was doable but difficult for me. But the Updates page on the Mandrake Web sight had the necessary instructions for the 10 or so extra steps necessary to bring reiser up to speed with the update. What was the reason that all those extra steps were necessary to support the ReiserFS? -- Joe Baker Digital Communications Research, Inc. 414-427-6140
